Biodiversity Business ABD Project final.pptVIP

Biodiversity Business The scientist’s role in sustainable business design Josef Margraf TianZi Biodiversity Research Development Centre What is Biodiversity Business? A commercial enterprise that generates profits through activities which conserve biodiversity, use biological resources sustainably, and share the benefits arising from this use equitably. (from IUCN) Why do we needBiodiversity Business? The fact is that current efforts to conserve biodiversity are overwhelmed by the adverse impacts of growing human economies. The challenge is to re-orient the economic incentives that drive